'Hot in Cleveland' season finale: 5 reasons this show rules

'Hot in Cleveland' season finale: 5 reasons this show rules

TV Land's Hot in Cleveland - a scripted bright spot in an otherwise reality-infused summer - signs off its first season tonight. I'm beyond sad to see it go! But that's reason enough to revisit the show here for a quick moment. I previewed most of tonight's tornado-infused episode (yes, they're pulling a Desperate Housewives-style stunt!), and it's full of the heart, laughs, and all the Betty White-in-a-sweat suit that you have come to love and expect so far. The episode is actually kind of a retrospective, with lots of time spent on all the men that have blown through these four ladies' lives in the first nine episodes. Here at the end of a rather surprising and spectacular first season, I thought a toast to the show was due. So, here are my 5 Reasons Hot in Cleveland Rules. Here goes: